47110 rocket booster

LANGUAGE SCHOOL AND TRANSLATION CENTRE V a lj e v o L e s s o n P l a n s Rocket Booster Author: Mirjana Ljiljak-Vukajlovic Level: Pre-intermediate (A2) and above, teenagers Time: 20 to 30 minutes Aims: Revise collocations with the verbs make, do, have and get Raise awarenes about protection of endangered animals (griffon vulture) Procedure: Stage 1: Draw four rockets on the board, with the boosters divided into four sections Write DO, MAKE, GET, and HAVE on each rocket Stage 2: Divide students into two groups and tell them to stand in lines facing the board Explain that their task is to send some food by means of rockets to starving griffon vultures living on inaccessible peaks of Valjevo mountains in Serbia However, the rockets cannot reach the mountains unless you add some fuel sticks to the rockets boosters The problem is that they cannot use the same fuel sticks for all the rockets – they have to be matched You will call out the names of fuel sticks and teams will take turns to write them in the appropriate rocket The team with more correctly matched fuel sticks is the winner Stage 3: Call out the following 'fuel stick names': an operation, a promise, a photocopy, an interest, to work, a speech, crossword, fun, a speech, time, the message, work, the feel, an effort, judo, nowhere Teams take turns to write the fuel stick names in the appropriate rocket booster Reward the winning team members with candies, stickers, etc Stage 4: Teams compete in writing as many sentences as possible, describing how they can help in saving griffon vultures Their sentences must include the given collocations Set a time limit of minutes Reward the winning team again Answers: DO a crossword, work, a photocopy, judo HAVE time, an operation, an interest, fun GET the message, the feel, to work, nowhere MAKE an effort, a fuss, a promise, a speech